by Florian:
To you dear CIO, Senior IT manager, or maybe also CEO:
On several attempts I have tried to gain insight into your emotions @ work and I have succeeded only on a few rare occasions.In my day job, I’m working for alfabet AG, a Berlin based company for IT Planning, supporting the CIO, the CIO office and sure thing we have plenty of assumptions, why you might need help and what appropriate ways of helping you could look like. But can I pride myself having fully understood where your mind is wandering on that walk through the woods? Nope… Afraid not…
My hope and personal objective by participating in this blog is now to engage in discussions with you to make sure that we talk into your listening, pick-up vibes, desires and ideas about result based solutions that stray from the usual buzzword bingo and are not at all related to the any consulting mantra.
Having met some wonderful, bright and competent people in the past years, has allowed me to get some precious insight in how irrelevant, or even insulting assumptions can often be. Therefore let me promise you the following:
In my posts I shall not:
1. Assume you know my semantics (Therefore save you the aggravation to have to figure out what I mean)
2. Assume that you are a company just like any other company (Unless you wish to be treated with that level of indifference)
3. Assume you are a CXO just like any other CXO
4. Assume that your initiatives and their prioritization are just the same as the ones of your competitors
5. Bore you to death by reciting irrelevant facts that make me look good and don’t add any distinctive value
In contrary I shall and my posts will:
1. Use simple and therefore understandable language (which helps me as well, as I’m German and English remains a mystery to me on many occasions)
2. Write about things with the intention to create this one interesting sparking thought in your brain, which can be the nucleus for something bigger
3. Ignore best practices, standards, methodologies, ontologies for the benefit of common sense
4. Formulate an opinion and deal with the consequences
5. Write articles, which are instigators to discussions and beyond
Back to EA and beyond EA.
What have we got? Standards? Ideas? Solutions? Well, if you ask me they are ideas right now and many of them. For every thesis there is a counter argument. For every approach there is a valid alternative. What will make the difference? Again, if you ask me, I would say common sense and the more of it the better. A lot is still depending on the capabilities of the people planning the IT and their ability to tune into your specific requirements.
Nobody knows your company as well as you do. Don’t let anyone tell you any different. But then again nobody knows ways how to get a grip on spiraling IT costs as well as we do. So this will be your chance to ask questions and get answers, without having a sales guy chase you afterward. (Unless you wish to be chased that is, of course)
More importantly, you will be able to gain access to your peers and whilst we will fully respect your right for privacy, we will also enable you to interact should you wish to do so.
Let’s get the ball rolling! I’m looking forward to a growing community of bright individuals and remember: No question has ever been stupid, only some answers.
photo credit:Ivan Walsh
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